Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Winter Landscapes

Spring has sprung, but I had to share paintings created by my 5th graders. Some of them had the chance to expand on a color
theory unit by creating these beautiful winter landscape paintings. The
background was produced by mixing various tints of a single color,
creating the snow covered hills and the sky. We then talked about aerial
perspective, and how objects in the front of the picture plane are
larger than ones further back. Students then added some winter objects
and painted them in silhouette. Final touches were added by creating
snow falling and covering surfaces of things like roofs, tree branches
etc. Enjoy!

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